Euripides' The Madness of Heracles
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Ancient Greek tragedy
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| gptkbp:alternativeName |
gptkb:Hercules_Furens
gptkb:Herakles |
| gptkbp:author |
Euripides
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| gptkbp:dateWritten |
circa 416 BCE
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| gptkbp:firstPerformed |
gptkb:Athens
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| gptkbp:genre |
tragedy
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Euripides' The Madness of Heracles
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Seneca's_Hercules_Furens
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Greek_mythology
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| gptkbp:mainCharacter |
gptkb:Amphitryon
gptkb:Heracles gptkb:Theseus gptkb:Megara gptkb:Lycus |
| gptkbp:notableChorus |
Elderly Theban men
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| gptkbp:originalLanguage |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek
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| gptkbp:plotSummary |
Heracles returns from the underworld to find his family threatened, saves them, but is driven mad by Hera and kills his wife and children.
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| gptkbp:setting |
gptkb:Thebes
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| gptkbp:survived |
Yes
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| gptkbp:theme |
gptkb:family
heroism madness divine intervention |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sophocles'_Ajax
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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